The Ford family has donated more than 50 personal items of President Ford and first lady Betty Ford for an auction to benefit the $15 million Student Learning Center next to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.

The auction began at 11 a.m. EST. The Ford items haven't come up yet as of 1:30 p.m., but they will soon.

Check back later, and follow the comments below to find out how much the items sell for.

A set of golf clubs and bag with two American flags, the presidential seal and “Jerry Ford” emblazoned on it, currently has an online bid of $18,000 in the internet auction.

A fur shoulder cape, owned by First Lady Betty Ford, has a current bid of $1,050.

Today’s auction of presidential memorabilia and other historic items so far has included pennants, campaign buttons, beer steins and “jugates” from past presidential elections.

A jugate, in the parlance of collectors of political items, is an item with two side-by-side portraits, typically a presidential and vice presidential candidate running on the same ticket.

Top sellers earlier today include a Roosevelt & Johnson jugate from the 1912 election when Theodore Roosevelt formed the Progressive Party, dubbed the “Bull Moose” Party, which sold for more than $6,500.

Even rarer items – typically losing candidates, sometimes are worth more. An item from the loosing campaign of Horatio Seymour for president and Frank Blair from 1868 sold at auction for more than $8,900.

In the Ford auction, an apricot and silver sequin Halston gown and slip worn by Betty Ford in 1979, is valued at $800 to $1,000. The dress, which comes with a copy of a photograph of the First Lady wearing the gown, pictured with Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli and Martha Graham, garnered a top bid of $400 online.

The estimated value of all 52 items in the Ford auction is in excess of $100,000. Items up for bids include several signed photographs of three, four or five then-living U.S. presidents.

The 8-inch by 10-inch photo with five U.S. presidents – Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush along with President Ford – with an estimated value of $7,000 to $10,000, is President Ford’s personal photo from the occasion. The highest bid at the close of online auction is $4,750.